A journeyman is a worker, skilled in a given building trade or craft, who has successfully completed an official apprenticeship qualification. Journeymen are considered competent and authorized to work in that field as a fully qualified employee.

What occupation was a journeyman?

Journeyman:- Strictly a man hired to work by the day but in fact any mechanic who is hired to work for another in his employment, whether by the month, year or other term. It is applied only to mechanics in their own occupation.

What is a German journeyman?

They are “Wandergesellen,” or journeymen — a vestige of the Middle Ages in modern Europe — young men, and these days women, too, who have finished their required training in any number of trades and are traveling to gather experience. Most are from German-speaking countries.